formation
The act of assembling a group or structure.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of assembling a group or structure.
Something possessing structure or form.
The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.
A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc.
Etymology
From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin fōrmātiō, from fōrmō (“form”, verb); see form as verb. Morphologically form + -ation.
FORMATION at a glance
FORMATION has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + R 1 + M 3 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,996 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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